Mechanical musical instrument



UNITED STATES HIRAM B. NIOKERSON, OF ORLEANS, MASSACHUSETTS.

MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,200, dated November8, 1881.

Application filed February 25, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HIRAM B. NIOKERSON, ofOrleans, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Organettes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in combining with the reed-board ot'an organette a set of recnrved sounding-pipes,thevalve ends of-whichopen downward and are closed by a valve on the upper face of thevalvedever. The lever in its downward stroke actuates the bell-hammer.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section, showing one setof mydevices, consisting of the reed, its chamber, the recurved pipe, valveand lever, and bell and hammer. Fig. 2 shows, partly in elevation andpartly in vertical section, my device for forming the vacmum-pipes.

Let A represent the upper part of the body of the organette, the bellowsbeing placed below this part.

A is the wind-chamber, at the top of which I place the reedboard B,which has a set of reeds, one of which is shown at C, Fig. 1. Above andattached to the reed-board B is the part D, which is made in the form ofa segment of a cylinder, as shown in Fig. 1, and is provided with a setof channels or curved passages D. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) The channels D,being covered by a thin veneer, E, form a series of recurved pipes themouths of which open downward.

H is a lever, having a valve, n, which closes the end of the pipe D. Theend L of the lever H is shaped,as shown,s0 that it maypass up- Wardthrough the holes in the music-paper and allow the valve n to open, andthus cause its reed to sound. That part of the paper that is notperforated depresses the end Lot the lever H. Thus closing the valve nstops its reed from sounding.

M and M are two grooved rollers, which serve to keep the musio-paperinplace, andyet, by their grooves, allowing free action of the levers H L.The levers H L are pivoted at K, and are provided with suitable springs,22.

N is a hammer pivoted at W and held up bythc spring S. This hammer isoperated by the lower end of the lever H L, and made to strike the bellP when desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatentis- In an organette,-the combinationof the reedhoard B and the setof recurved pipesD with the valves 42, levers H L,rollers M M ,andmusic'sheet, all arranged to operate substantially as described and forthe purpose set forth.

HIRAM B. NIOKERSON.

Witnesses:

O. H. SNELL, WILLIAM F. HARDEN.

